festival and parade kicks off in san francisco this morning. we'll show you how the city is preparing for hundreds of thousands of revelers. and across the country, people are honoring our nation's fallen heroes this memorial day

weekend. >> that touching tributes here in the bay area from ktvu fox two news this is mornings on two. and good morning to you. welcome to mornings on two. on this sunday may 26th i'm claudine wong and good morning happy weekend. >> happy memorial day tomorrow of course. and we could use some good barbecuing weather right? yes. i don't know if it's going to happen. it's been a little chilly this weekend. >> good morning, good morning, happy sunday. we are looking at a little bit of a turnaround. yeah. temperatures are going to take it today. yes. for the remainder of the weekend we've got temperatures coming up especially for our inland cities today. and a little bit more tomorrow as the warming trend continues. here's a look from ktvu across the oakland estuary. a little bit of blue sky out there. we have been kind of socked in by low clouds morning after morning, and even drizzle, but not so much this morning. we are with a mostly cloudy skies along the coastline, partly cloudy around the bay and our

temperatures a little bit cooler as a result of some of that clearing out there. the winds onshore right now 12mph reported at fairfield and our temperatures are down by a few degrees. we're looking at a four degrees cooler this morning in novato by nine palo alto and seven san jose, temperatures ranging from a upper 40s to low 50s for most of us, a bit of a chill for areas like santa rosa coming in at 46 right now, san francisco reporting 50 into the afternoon, a 5 to 10 degrees of warming expected, especially for our inland cities. concord, you're looking at 78 for the afternoon. a better look at today and what we can expect for the days ahead. coming up. >> all right. thank you rosemary. well, happening today, the big carnival parade is set to get underway in the city as day two of san francisco's annual carnival celebration kicks off this morning. the event highlights the diversity within the city's latin community and takes over several blocks in the mission district. that's where we find ktvu. betty yu this morning, and i love this festival. betty, it's always so

vibrant and diverse and really fun for the folks who go and lots of color. >> and claudine, we can already hear the roar and rumble from a couple of low riders beginning along this parade route. this is where it all begins. 24th and bryant, here in the city's mission district at 930. that's when the grand parade will begin later today. now, carnival is one of the city's main stay celebrations. the largest multicultural festival here on the west coast. and it all began 46 years ago with about 100 people. and now organizers say we're expecting about half a million over this two day weekend. now, this festival celebrates food, art, dancing and music. there are five main stages featuring 50 local performers, 400 vendors and 400 hard working volunteers that make all of this happen. now, this year's theme is honor indigenous roots to highlight the connection also to the

native american community, as well. >> i think it's an important time for all peoples and a great space for them to see the world through the lenses of carnival, or at least see the americas through our celebration. because that's what we bring you. bring you nuggets and pieces of countries from around the world in this two day festival and parade that otherwise you'd have to maybe travel. >> and again, it all kicks off here at 24th and bryant in the mission district at 930. we expect to see many decorated floats and thousands of performers and dancers through the streets in just a few hours. there's also a festival that begins at 11 a.m. and again, this event is free for the whole family in san francisco. betty yu ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. and betty, i can see the barricades are already up. is it hard right now to get in and around that area?

>> you know, right now, not so much because they're still in the beginning stages of setting up. but we do want to say you probably want to get here early. if you want to get a prime spot here along the parade route. >> always great advice. all right, betty, we'll check in with you in just a bit. thanks so much for that live report and for memorial day weekend, a special ceremony is honoring men and women who served and gave their lives on the uss san francisco this morning at 11, military veterans and their families will gather at the uss san francisco memorial park, celebrating our troops. >> the historic naval ship was one of the most decorated ships of world war two as well. >> people all over the country are spending this memorial day weekend paying tribute to those who died while serving in the military. here in the bay area, people laid flowers and placed flags in cemeteries to honor fallen heroes and lost loved ones. ktvu bailey o'carroll has more from san bruno, golden gate national cemetery in san bruno

is home to thousands and thousands of headstones. >> they stretch as far as the eye can see. each one in honor of a fallen service woman or man. i lost family and you know we don't have the chance to get them back. >> and the rights that we have today are strictly because of, unfortunately, most of the men that gave their men and women that gave their lives in this cemetery. and i just think that people should be more respectful of that and try to come out here and support our government and, you know, get this place running again and in good shape all across the country. >> and here in the bay area, people like melanie arnerich are taking time this holiday weekend to honor loved ones who paid the ultimate price for american freedom. arnerich has been coming to this cemetery since she was five years old, honoring all the family members who were buried here. >> my dad's parents are here. my dad's brother is here. my dad's great. two of his great uncles are here. my grandmother's aunt and uncle are here, our neighbor

that we lost in vietnam is here with his mom and dad. and then my aunts, my aunts, husbands, uncle who was in the chinese section of the us military, the most decorated section. he's here to. >> most recently, arnerich brought her 92 year old uncle here, a veteran himself, so that he could honor fellow servicemen and women. he passed away last year, but she told us he feared younger generations are forgetting the true meaning of this holiday. >> he said it many times to me, he said, it only takes two generations to lose what we had growing up. and he said, i already see it right before he passed a year ago. he said, i'm seeing that already, that decline. i wish that more kids would go talk to their veterans and go support them and see what they have to live through. every day, so that they could understand the rights that they have in this country and the freedoms that they get every day here. >> so two days before the actual holiday, arnerich did as she does on the first of every

month, plant flags and flowers at almost ten headstones. it's her way of saying thank you in san bruno. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> in honor of memorial day, scouts from all around the bay area came to san francisco's national cemetery in the presidio to place american flags on each grave site. families taking part say it was important for the kids to pay tribute to service members who lost their lives in service to our country. >> this is my first time. it's actually quite moving, especially. i've lived here a really long time, over 20 years and passed this cemetery forever. so it's really it's very i it's an iconic place in san francisco. so it's amazing to be in here and honoring everyone. >> those scouts placed an estimated 30,000 flags yesterday . >> police in belmont are searching for the shooter responsible for the city's first homicide of the year. investigators say the deadly shooting happened shortly after 8:00 friday night on hiller and irwin streets, near ralston

avenue. one neighbor says he was inside of his home when he heard the sound of gunfire. >> just walking in to my backyard, and i heard, like, three muffled, shots, but i thought maybe it was fireworks. it was like boom, boom, boom. >> police say the 27 year old victim was shot several times and died at the scene. so far, there's no word on what led up to that shooting. belmont police are asking anyone with information on the case to contact them. >> time now. 708 some rather tense moments on highway 680 and san remo when a driver involved in a car crash claimed to be armed with a gun. this happened around 6:00 last night. southbound lanes in the area of san ramon valley boulevard and bollinger canyon road. image from a caltrans camera capturing the backup there. the chp says when firefighters responded to the crash, they went to help one of the drivers he barricaded himself in the car and said he had a gun. lanes were shut down and about 30 minutes later, the man finally surrendered.

authorities say he was not armed and was taken into custody on suspicion of driving while under the influence. and the chp has dramatically increased its patrols of bay area highways over the memorial day weekend. officers are targeting drivers who are speeding, distracted or under the influence of drugs and alcohol. chp statewide maximum enforcement period for memorial day holiday began friday night. we'll continue until late tomorrow night. last memorial day weekend, chp made more than 1100 dui arrests across california and novato police set up a dui checkpoint to catch impaired drivers over the holiday weekend. police placed checkpoints at delong avenue and redwood boulevard. they say they chose that location based on past impaired driving crashes in the area. officers gave out 32 citations for driving without a

license and did arrest two people for driving while under the influence. >> well, concord police were out as well this weekend, cracking down on impaired driving. officers say they arrested one driver on suspicion of dui on friday. dui charges can carry an average of $13,000 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license. >> up next, business owners and one san francisco neighborhood fight back against a proposed street repaving project. why, they say the summer is just the wrong time to do it. >> and alcatraz ferry workers are on strike. while the union says more strikes could be on the horizon. despite reaching a tentative agreement with the ferry company. >> and i am tracking a warming trend in time for the back end of the

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events and schedules. >> the workers union and the ferry company have been working on a new contract for a year and a half. the union decided to go on strike yesterday to show its disappointment with the latest counter offer. the two sides had previously reached a tentative agreement, but the union spokesperson says more strikes could be ahead. the ferry line says the strikes will have no impact on operations, and prosecutors in the bay area's nine counties will share $3.7 million in state grants as part of california's statewide crackdown on wage theft. >> the state department of industrial relations says the money will help fund local law enforcement programs, while targeting companies that routinely cheat when paying their own employees. grant money will also help fund, investigate into allegations of illegal and unfair business practices. people who live and work in san francisco, snowy valley are now expressing their concern about a major new paving project. >> ktvu is crystal bailey talked with merchants who are worried

that the stretch of roadwork will put a dent in their summertime profits. >> it's a project the city says will improve the streets of noe valley, particularly on 24th street, where sections of the road will be repaved and curbs and bus stops will be fixed up. a project the city says will take about four months to complete. >> if large sections of our commercial corridor are being blocked off, people will just avoid going. >> business owners complain there is not enough detail about the scope of work being done, and they worry about the construction during peak business months. >> most of our business, especially on this corridor, is during the holidays, maybe a quarter three, quarter four. >> the contract for the work has not been officially signed. >> i think they're planning on starting work this summer, but a spokesperson with the public works department says they have been communicating with merchants every step of the way during construction. >> parklets will have to go. business owners say they expect their sales to go down by 30. >> we just don't think that that's that's acceptable. >> the city is offering a grant for businesses who will lose out

during construction, but the owner of mr. digby's says it's only $5,000 and his parklet cost him $75,000 to build $5,000. >> sure, it's nothing to, you know, turn your nose up at, but it's a drop in the bucket for the amount of cost that i have already put in and will, you know, have to do again, it's not the first time the city has tried to get this done. >> one of the biggest concerns i hear from, from constituents is, is the roads and the fact that so many of our commercial corridors have, roads that are pretty disastrous. they've delayed the project multiple times since 2015. >> after complaints from businesses. in an email from public works, the spokesperson says the work should not be delayed any longer. a smoother road is a safer road for people who drive, take transit, walk and bike. >> i know that the road here does need work, but hopefully that the city can work with us with the merchants association and really work on something

where it's a win win, win win situation. >> public works says at the meeting before construction begins, they plan to ask the contractor if they can honor the dates requested by merchants. but at this time they cannot guarantee it. in san francisco, crystal bailey, ktvu, fox two news well, the oakland public library's main branch is temporarily shutting its doors as the building goes under repairs. >> yeah, that library will close later today and remain closed until november. staff says the building needs a new roof and a boiler system. they also say the building needs a number of upgrades on its electrical, heating and cooling systems. today, thousands of bay area music fans will head up to napa one more time for the final day of the bottlerock festival organizers say more than 120,000 people purchased tickets for that three day festival. >> during this memorial day weekend, ed sheeran is going to take the stage as the final headline act at bottlerock tonight. he follows earlier performances by music stars pearl jam, stevie nicks and megan thee stallion, and we want

to know, do you think music festivals are worth the money? >> it's our question of the day on the sunday. here are your three options. choose from worth every penny. you bet. no it's a little too pricey for me. or just not my thing. head over to ktvu.com/vote and weigh in. well i think it's always really fun. >> i think i've but i've never gone to all three days of a festival. >> i do the one day i stand, you know where i stand. >> yes, i know where you'd like to be right now. >> yes. oh, so much fun. i saw stevie nicks on friday and friday. megan thee stallion. yeah, and it's just packed, right? yeah, that is my one. if i did have a gripe, it would be. wow. it seems like they're just overselling it. these days. yeah. why not? it's all about the money, >> always is. >> well, i think, yeah, but i think we were talking earlier. it's mindset. mindset for investment mindset for like the logistics of getting there. mindset. you're just going to have to sink into it because i think it's so many stages. so

much going on. it's a lot going on. but if you pay that money, you want to invest in it. >> i agree with the pricey part, right? because the hotels in napa are charging a premium. it's a premium to get in. but wow, once you're in traffic it's a great time getting home. >> how is the weather? >> the weather was chilly. yes, absolutely. but we're going to see a little bit of a warmer, trend begin today. if you are going up to bottlerock, temperatures are expected to be anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees warmer into the afternoon for our inland cities. there's a live look from ktvu across the oakland estuary towards san francisco, where. yeah, because bottlerock is right there close to the river. that afternoon, sea breeze comes through the bay and then into napa and just really cool things down. here's a look at what we're seeing out there this morning. partly cloudy skies for most of us. a little bit of sun and cloud cover along the coastline. we begin to transition today with that notable jump coming. and then we kind of hover in a pretty pattern, with another warm up coming in the extended

forecast. and i'll show you that here momentarily. 51 degrees right now in san francisco, a chilly 46 in santa rosa, upper 40s in livermore. so with the clear skies out there, we are seeing temperatures a little bit cooler compared to yesterday morning. 46 right now. rohnert park 47, novato, 46, in sonoma into the afternoon. livermore yesterday only in the upper 60s. today upper 70s. so you definitely have a notable difference coming your way by noontime, sitting pretty at 70 and then expected to top out right about 78 this afternoon, a better look at some of the afternoon highs across the region for today on the coast. pacifica looking at 59. upper 60s for san mateo. upper 60s for hayward. and as we go inland, this is where we're definitely going to notice the difference around the bay by three six degrees. we'll see temperatures change, but napa looking at 75 for the afternoon. so a little bit of a jump there and temperatures continuing to climb as we get into your extended

forecast for memorial day monday , we will start out with a little bit of fog in the morning. and then by the afternoon, a tad warmer, 60 degrees expected along the coastline. so not a beach day for per se, but if you're going to be out and about or you do have barbecues going on in the backyard, low 70s for our bayside communities, low 80s for our inland cities, temperatures kind of hover right around there as we get back to work on tuesday, another notable jump coming on thursday when our inland cities are in the upper 80. back to you. >> we can never forget. we can never stop talking about george floyd. we can never unsee what we saw in 2020. >> the man who sparked a massive movement against police brutality is being remembered four years after his death, and now his family is renewing calls to reform policing nationwide.

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mission district this morning will show you how organizers are ready to welcome hundreds of thousands of people. >> and nationwide, people are pulling out their grills and their swimsuits ahead of memorial day. but as families and friends gather, it's important we remember the true meaning of the holiday. >> from ktvu fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> good morning, bay area. it is the unofficial start of summer and look at that. the fog has cleared at sfo. that's a far cry from what it was yesterday. it was a pretty gloomy at this time yesterday. so things are looking up for the big holiday. most folks off memorial day tomorrow. good to have you with us here on mornings on two. i'm frank mallicoat. good morning i'm claudine wong. >> good morning to you. let's welcome in meteorologist rosemary oroczo, who's been working on a little bit of a warm-up. i've heard so many

people complaining. they're like, why is it so cold? and i think we've been warned. it was only for a few days, but it's been chilly. >> came right in time for the weekend. right. >> like, where's the heater again? >> yes. unofficial start of summer. off to a cool start, but we are going to turn things around. temperatures begin to warm today and a bit warmer for tomorrow. for those of you that will be with the day off in time to enjoy, here's a look outside our doors. frank mentioned it a moment ago. a little bit of blue sky in there compared to yesterday when we had all the cloud cover. even drizzle reported in many areas. it's still going to remain fairly cool along the coastline. if this is going to be your place for the afternoon, bring the hoodie. 60s expected for the coast still into the afternoon. even areas over santa cruz only expected to warm into the upper 60s. for today, our winds are generally light. we do have a little bit of a sea breeze onshore flow moving through areas like fairfield at 12mph, but all in all, just kind of a quiet start out there, but a cooler start with the clear

skies overhead. san jose down by seven degrees this morning. palo alto you're down by nine four in novato, with temperatures ranging from mid 40s to low 50s 50 degrees to start the morning in san francisco. mid 50s for you brentwood into the afternoon for today. temperatures ranging from upper 50s to upper 60s at the coastline to upper 70s inland 5 to 10 degrees warmer for some, and even a tad warmer for tomorrow. a better look at the current conditions and this trend. we're following. coming up in just a little bit. >> we will see it a little bit. thank you rosemary. it is day two of san francisco's annual carnival celebration. it kicks off this morning. the event to highlight the diversity within the city's latin community, taking over a number of blocks of the mission district. and that's where we find ktvu betty yu yesterday up at bottlerock and today at another party. betty nice job. good morning. >> thank you. frank. no complaints from me right now. i'm at the start of the parade. this is one of the weekend's biggest highlights. and take a

look over my shoulder. you can see the low riders getting ready along the parade route now. they are certainly one of the most popular parts of this parade and weekend. you can hear them revving their engines right now. now carnival is the largest and longest running multicultural festival here on the west coast. half a million attendees are expected over this weekend. carnival covers 17 blocks on harrison between 16th and 24th streets. there are five main stages 50 local performers and 400 vendors and volunteers all making this happen now. this festival celebrates food, art, dancing and music in the city's latin and caribbean communities. this year's theme is honor indigenous roots. >> you're going to be able to watch and see 69 different comparsas, which is units that and that's the name that we call them in carnival language,

representing the traditions from as far as brazil to mexico, cuba, puerto rico, panama, colombia, all the latin american countries, all the caribbean countries and africa. and basically what you'll see is the indigenous traditions of music and dance from each and every one of those countries. >> and roberto hernandez, who we just heard from, grew up here in the mission district. he says that he's been involved in carnival in some fashion for the last 46 years. so again, the parade kicks off here at 930 this morning. we expect to see a lot of color, a lot of decorated floats and it all starts here at 24th. and bryant in the mission district for now live in san francisco. betty yu ktvu, fox two news and betty, i would imagine a little bit of traffic too, so it might be a little hard to negotiate that mission district, right? >> the all day long, i would

imagine. >> that's right. and organizers say public transportation may be the best way to get down here. i want to also emphasize there are two components. so 930 is the parade and 11:00 there will be a separate entrance for the festival. and that pretty much runs all day long. so if you miss the parade, you can bring the whole family later on this afternoon. >> very good. all right. betty, you there in the city. thank you. betty. and as we get ready for memorial day, it's important to remember why and the why behind the holiday. a new usa, a survey shows less than half americans really know the true meaning of memorial day. while many may want to wish a veteran a happy memorial day or thank them for their service, the holiday is really about honoring and remembering service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice. >> i would rather the american people do is fully understand that today isn't about celebrating the living. it is about honoring those who gave

their life for this country. it could be flying your flag at half staff, visiting a national cemetery, or even your local war memorial. >> here in the us, memorial day has been marked as a time for remembrance for more than 150 years, a nationwide lifeguard shortage may put a wrench in your memorial day plans. >> some cities across the u.s. have been forced to close or reduce operating hours for beaches and swimming pools because of safety concerns caused by the shortage, the american lifeguard association says the shortage is partly due to a training backlog and a loss of interest in the career. now to encourage more applicants, many places are offering hiring incentives like sign on bonuses and wage increases. well cal fire has some tips to keep your memorial day weekend wildfires safe. if you are out camping, make sure to completely put out any fires that you start. they say the cooler weather we are experiencing is better for activities like lawn mowing.

metal blades from mowers can strike rocks and spark grass fires. >> did you know that 95% of fires are human caused? don't let a day of fun turn into a day of tragedy. >> luckily, we are in for a nice, cool memorial day weekend, but fire officials say it is always important to keep safety in mind. >> well, let's get you outside. check the highways now. california highway patrol is still out in full force over the big holiday weekend. you're looking at 880 both south and northbound. the eights got a game 107. first pitch today. they beat the astros yesterday, so they'll be a little bit of traffic there this afternoon. but right now it is flowing just fine that statewide maximum enforcement will run until midnight on tuesday. they will be targeting drivers that are speeding, distracted or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. last memorial day weekend, chp made more than 1100 dui arrests. >> well, unfortunately, there's still people out there that do decide to get behind a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs. we definitely

encourage them to obviously be a sober driver for somebody, if you have been drinking, take advantage of those rideshare services, a taxi, public transportation, or if you have to just walk, but absolutely, we're going to be definitely, probably seeing, dui drivers out there on the road and hopefully being able to take them off. >> chp says having more officers out on the roads will allow them to respond to issues more quickly, and hopefully save more lives. california, by the way, is considering changing a gas tax revenue as revenue drops. caltrans has launched a pilot program to charge drivers $0.03 per mile gas tax revenue is drying up, so the state is figuring out ways to make up that forecasted deficit. california drivers who sign up for the pilot program will pay for the miles driven, but they'll earn up to $400 and have their gas tax fees waived. they

just need to allow caltrans to track their miles driven each and every day. >> well, we continue our coverage of asian american pacific islander heritage month. we share the story of a mother whose quest to help her son has grown into a community movement. ktvu lamonica peters has that story. >> when my son, three years old, friends of children with special needs, they help me, sherry says. >> after connecting with friends of children with special needs, she wanted to give back to the organization that supported her autistic son. she volunteered with the adult day program for over a decade and eventually taught students life and vocational skills. >> so we teach a lot of things like how do you cooking? you know, make sandwich and the laundry or cleansing? and later we move. i more focus on vocational training. >> in 2020, with no prior knowledge of the industry, hmong says she started an embroidery company. she wanted a business

with a skill that students could enjoy and easily learn. after she and her husband invested about $200,000 into the company, she began a partnership with three local school districts, including campbell union high school district, to provide job training. >> they also learn how to trim and remove the backing. >> hmong says the school districts use their own funding to pay students, and they work with equipment that simplifies the embroidery process. this longtime customer, david roger, says he too has an autistic son, but it's the quality work that led him to turtle works. >> you know, it's not like just getting a crayon drawing to put on the refrigerator. this is high quality stuff that my people now require. i shouldn't say require. they count on me to go to miss sherry to get additional products made. >> hmong impact on the community hasn't gone unnoticed. turtle works has received numerous community awards and has been featured in local newspapers, including this bay area chinese

language publication, this chinese mom create business and teach autism kids skill. hmong says she named her business turtle works after the story of the tortoise and the hare. she says she wants special needs students to come out of their shell and learn skills like everyone else, even if it takes them a little longer to reach their goals. slow and steady wins the race. lamonica peters, ktvu fox two news. >> well, ktvu is coverage of aapi month continues online on our website at ktvu .com. there you can find a collection of stories celebrating and honoring asian american and pacific islander cultures. an east bay high school stadium just got a much needed upgrade. the new football field renewing hope to bring the winning culture back to the deer valley high school's football program and a bay area ballet school handing out

scholarships to underserved young girls and boys in the south bay. >> the impact it's having on their lives when n we c e

and promotes creative expression, but it also is very

expensive. well, south bay ballet school is helping youngsters get over that financial bar with its first step program. it's this month's cool school in downtown san jose . scottish rite temple is celebrating its 100th year with a little kick. the century old building has been the home to new ballet for four years. a haven for the six through nine year old ballerinas who are all part of their first step program. >> these kids would not have had the chance to be in a ballet room for this length of time, and doing the movements that we're doing right now. if it wasn't through this program. >> the new ballet is a nonprofit that, through grants, has partnered up with six san jose title one schools. they have awarded dozens of four month ballet scholarships to underserved students of color. this year's class is 31 dancers strong, all getting 16 weeks of

training into the art and the beauty of ballet. and for some, that tuition free ride could carry on for years. >> right now we have over 20 students that are on continued training, scholarships, training completely for free within the different levels of our school and it really makes an impact in, you know, these students who might not otherwise be able to afford it. >> the first step program changed my life completely. without it, i, i don't know, i just oh my all to it. >> 18 year old gabby rodriguez is a first step graduate. here's a photo of her years ago and she is now a full studio company member at new ballet. gabby recently played clara in the production of the nutcracker, and is forever grateful for the opportunity. >> every time i'm waiting and i'm leaving my rehearsal and i'm looking in the halls and i see all the little kids and i'm

like, one of you guys is going to be clara, and you're going to have the most amazing time of your life doing it. >> these young dancers may be years away from playing clara, but make no mistake, they are learning well beyond ballet. first step teacher rebecca nugent sees it every day. >> it provides some dignity to be able to own their body and command their body and listen to music, which is fulfilling for the soul. so i think they walk out very dignified. >> why can't you wait to come here? each week? >> because, because i like coming so i could see all my different classmates and see my teacher. >> yeah, and you get to dance. that's the best part? >> and that's why these ballerinas are here, taking their first step. >> and it starts here. yeah, it starts in this one class. >> one. one step at a time. new ballet's production of cinderella that wrapped up just last weekend. they also just received a national endowment for the arts challenge america

award. that's $10,000, which will keep that first step program going strong. >> california secretary of state office. as the recall campaign targeting fremont senator aisha wahab will not move forward. the organizers of that campaign needed at least 42,000 signatures by last week's deadline, but the secretary of state's office says there was a flaw in the petitions that led to thousands of invalid signatures. now, the recall was in response to the democrats bill to strengthen protections against caste discrimination in employment and housing. that is a form of discrimination when social hierarchy is determined by a person's birth. >> president joe biden is working with congress to designate kenya as a major non-nato ally. last week, kenya's top leader visited the white house for the first time at 20 years. visit all part of an effort to counter russia and china's influence in africa. kenya is also a leader in tech and renewable energy, a major non-nato partnership would

entail economic, military and trade benefits between both countries. >> i'm proud to announce we're working with congress to designate kenya a major non-nato ally. i am confident that our engagements have laid a solid foundation for us to continue the work. >> if kenya does receive the designation, it would be the first country in the sub-saharan africa to hold that title. >> well, the us is forming a new partnership with africa to help provide the continent with better internet access. vice president kamala harris announced the new project on friday while speaking at the chamber of commerce. the us chamber of commerce, and alongside her was the president of kenya. harris says the goal is to boost internet access to 80% of africa by 2030, from roughly 40% now. harris also announced another initiative geared towards giving 100 million african people and businesses working in agriculture access to the

digital economy. >> time now. 749, the nation's top weather forecasting agency, is predicting the worst hurricane season this year. this week, noaa issued the record breaking prediction for hurricanes major storms in the south. the agency is expecting 17 to 25 storms with winds of 39mph, or more. more than a dozen hurricanes are expected this year, with at least winds of 74mph. seven of them could be category three or more. the reason for the above normal prediction is the near record warmth in the atlantic ocean. so if you've got a home in florida. batten down the hatches. >> my goodness. hurricane season . it's here. it's coming at us. all right, let's talk about our weather. it's been chilly. that's certainly caught people off guard. certainly nothing compared to hurricanes. but you know it drops by 15 degrees and we get upset. yes yes. >> well how about we gain 5 or 10 degrees. i'll take it. yes,

i'll take it. we are looking at that warm up coming especially for our inland cities around the bay by a few degrees, giving you a look there over the estuary. see a little bit of the coliseum, perhaps. maybe not, a's play this afternoon. should be a nice day. there at the coliseum. we do have a partly cloudy skies this morning. and with that, temperatures a little bit cooler. but then as we get into the afternoon, a nice rebound. our inland cities will be in the upper 70s for tomorrow. even a little bit warmer. here's a look at what we're seeing out there right now. a mix of sun and clouds along the coastline. partly cloudy for the rest of us. we are going to have a bit of a nice little bump in the end temperatures and then a tad cooler on tuesday, followed by a bigger warm up on thursday. and the future cast points. a pretty good picture as to why. so by tuesday, notice this trough here kind of digging in over the west, dropping into california that will bring our temperatures down slightly, but by thursday you notice the ridge is already

building back in. and that is going to lead to a more notable warm up. i'll show you those numbers in the extended forecast right now. 52 degrees in san francisco, low 50s in walnut creek, upper 40s in livermore head to the north bay. temperatures are in the upper 40s. rohnert park, as well as novato and sonoma. the afternoon highs for today a low 60s in san francisco along the peninsula, 71 in redwood city, and for the inner east bay, upper 70s for concord, livermore. some of our inland locations were only in the upper 60s to low 70s. yesterday so you will notice the difference getting into the afternoon for memorial day. do expect to wake up with a little bit of a cloud cover once again tomorrow morning. temperatures ranging in the low to mid 50s. afternoon highs come up today. our overnight lows will feel a little bit better come tomorrow morning and then for the lunch hour, upper 50s expected near the coastline. going to remain cool at the coast. if you're thinking about heading over there, i'll bring along the hoodie. not necessarily a beach day, or at least to be putting

your toes in the water, so to speak. 70 degrees for the lunch hour for inland cities and then nearing 80 degrees or so for our inland cities into the afternoon for memorial day. again, temperatures dip ever so slightly on tuesday and then back up wednesday, thursday day upper 80s for our inland cities. upper 70s around the bay. low 60s at the coast. back to you. >> sounds good. thank you rosemary. giants continue to make a lot of noise back east. another come from behind winner against the mets. we're going to highlight it up. they said it win two. when we come back here on a sunday morning. >> and don't forget to cast your vote in our question of the day bottle rock wraps up today in napa. and we want to know what you think. do you think music festivals are worth spending your money? look at your screen right now and you can see the three options worth every penny. some people aren't sure. no, it's too pricey and just not my thing. head to ktvu .com/ vote and weigh in

look inside of its stadium. ktvu jesse gary takes us on the field to check it all out. i don't know if you've seen it, but it was like potholes, a lot of wet spots. >> yeah, it was bad. >> deer valley was the last team in the bay valley athletic league to have its stadium renovated. other than the field, they'll get a new scoreboard,

sound system and better wifi. this project began last november and cost more than $1 million due to damage from drainage in the field, so it affected the wolverines senior class last year. >> we weren't allowed to play any home games here last year, so our seniors didn't get a senior night on this home field. they didn't get a homecoming. >> matt mills has been at the helm for deer valley's football program for the past two seasons. >> joy, enthusiasm, excitement. >> coach mills was zero and ten in his first season, and four and six in his second. he was a member of the class of 2009 and is trying to get this program back to a winning culture. from 2006 to 2014, deer valley won 82% of its games in the bay valley athletic league and produced four division one athletes who made it to the nfl 13 year veteran running back taiwan jones, cornerback sterling moore, who played in the league for seven seasons, current chicago bears wide receiver nsimba webster, and

former packers offensive lineman george moore. >> it gives us an opportunity to be on a on an even playing field with everybody else around us, you know, not having the same facilities to train and to work and to prepare with it can hamper kind of the product we put on the field. so just being able to have like rouz and numbers and, and simple hash marks, things that you don't think about that really affect your ability to be effective on a football field. >> a growing concern for coaches in the game of football surrounds the safety of turf football fields related to player injuries. if you've been watching the games, you've seen players suffer torn acls and torn achilles. so i asked coach mills, is it really beneficial going from grass to turf maintenance and the attention it takes to maintain natural grass at a high quality level is just not something sustainable for a high school. >> you know, i think when you put in turf, a brand new turf like this, good quality turf, now you're expecting not to replace it for ten years, even though maybe it might be easier on your knees and your joints and your ligaments and your foot

doesn't get caught in the turf. and some of those other things that coaches like about natural grass. just for us at the high school level, it's not feasible to maintain. >> one of the seniors and leaders on the wolverines will be mister athlete jalen bryant. he's eager to be part of the first team to play on this field. >> i can't wait. i'm so excited. like i just want to i just can't wait. i ain't gonna lie. like, i'm so excited to just like i feel i feel kind of honored even though i had nothing to do with it making this happen in oakland. >> i'm jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. >> keep that sports team going now. don't look now. but one of the hottest teams in mlb are the giants. the g-men have won eight of their last nine and will go for a sweep in the big apple today against the mets. another comebacker yesterday. giants down two one in the ninth when lamonte wade jr rips the game tying single to lock it up at two two. wade will try to stretch it to a double and it doesn't quite work out. he's out. no problem. we go to extras top ten loaded up for mike yastrzemski. yaz reels a long

shot opposite way and that's a wally ball. and they're all coming home. three run triple for yaz as the giants score five in the 10th to win their fourth straight 7 to 2, going for the sweep today. good news on the a's front two. the astros at the coliseum two on for brant rooker in the first. he rifles a liner for extra bases. that'll score. two a's up two zip. and they would never trail in this game. and there's their closer mason miller having a big year mowed down the side in the ninth. struck out three as oakland wins for only the third time in their last 13 games. they will host the astros again today. first pitch 107. >> i'm betty you and coming up we are going to be hitting the switches from the city's carnival parade and festival. >> and across the country, people are honoring our nation's fallen heroes. this memorial day weekend, the touching tributes we are seeing here in the bay area from ktvu, fox two news.

>> this is mornings on two. >> good morning to you and welcome back to mornings on two. let's take you outside at this hour. and you can see the golden gate bridge shrouded in some, pre-june gloom as we like to call it. it's may gray. i think we're in that transition period, but it may warm up a little bit. rosemary is promising. promising? oh, yes. we'll make promising. that's me. just making it. promising. >> that's a big word for a forecaster. >> yes. welcome to mornings on two. >> i'm claudine wong and i'm frank, and i have all faith that it's going to be a gorgeous day. 80 degrees today. yeah it's hard to get worse than what we had yesterday. >> i know we won't hold you to it. >> i'm just like, wishful thinking. i was like, can it be warmer? can you promise? >> we are going are hey, how about you? shorter promise. we are definitely going to see some changes come our way and for

most it will be this afternoon where our inland cities. we'll see a warm up five, even ten degrees compared to yesterday outside our doors at this hour. a mix of sun and clouds, a little bit more blue sky to go around, including over the downtown oakland area. there a beautiful view. we do have just a light breeze out there, a little bit of a delta breeze blowing through areas like fairfield, but into the afternoon again. do expect a warming trend to kick off for today. right now, fairfield reporting a 13mph. most of the winds out there generally light, even calm. and our temperatures this morning started out much cooler. but now that the sun is up and shining, we will begin to rebound. still down by five degrees for you. san jose at 55, low 50s in san francisco and good morning to you in santa rosa. 51 for you now, santa rosa started in the upper 40s for the afternoon today, upper 50s at our coastline to upper 70s inland and just a tad warmer for tomorrow. a better look at today, tomorrow and what we can expect in the extended forecast

coming up. >> all right. thank you rosemary. all right. topping our news at eight this morning. carnival in san francisco kicks off this morning. we're waiting for the annual parade and the festival that continues now. this event highlights the diversity within the city's latin, caribbean and african communities. and it takes over several blocks of the mission district. ktvu is betty yu has been out there all morning long, and i like the ride. betty i like it. >> thank you. claudine i picked this one myself. i decided to make myself comfortable. this is one of 200 lowriders that will be participating in today's carnival, parade and festival. no doubt this is one of the most popular parts of the festival. i want to show you the license plate behind on this vehicle. here. it says fun house, which i'm told by the owner, means this is a total fun house on wheels. and i don't disagree with that. now a little bit about carnival. all of this

began 46 years ago and believe it or not, at that time there were seven lowriders participating in this festival. and of course, now it's grown to hundreds of thousands of people, which we expect at around 930 this morning. that's when the parade kicks off. carnival covers 17 blocks on harrison between 16th and 24th streets. there are five main stages 50 local performers. we're seeing a lot of the floats getting ready here along the parade route now. moments ago, i spoke with the organizer about why this festival is so unique. >> this is san francisco. this is the only place that you can do this. you know, i, i've had people from around the country have asked me, said, hey, i want to do a carnival. and they've tried it. it's just in san francisco. is just has the magic, you know, to be able to put together a, a multicultural, a celebration and representing all the traditions because we

have so many people that artistically live in san francisco, in the bay area, that have the talent. >> okay, claudine and frank, i have my friend pete here with me. he will be driving this vehicle during the parade. now pete, tell me just really quickly a little bit about this car. >> so this is a 1975 caprice, glass house. the car's named flint house. you know, you hop in the car, you hit the switches , and you have a fun time. >> so pete taught me what's called hitting the switches. so tell me, pete, what do we do? so if you hit the first switch up, the front will go up. >> well, just like that? yep, yep. >> and then the second switch is for the back. >> and then when you want to lower it down, you just push them both down. how'd i do? just like that. you did great. you're good, you're good. >> i need to find my rhythm. thank you so much, pete, for showing us a little bit of your lowrider. and for now, we'll send it back to you. but again, all the festivities kick off at 930 this morning here in the

mission district. and later on, the festival begins at 11 a.m. it's free for all to attend in san francisco. betty yu ktvu fox two news. >> all right, i love it, betty. we'll check back in with you in just a bit, but i love that you're making yourself comfortable. it's awesome. >> all right. we'll see you in a bit. >> she's a low rider. well for memorial day weekend, a special ceremony is honoring the men and the women who served and gave their lives on the uss san francisco this morning at 11:00, military veterans and their families will gather at the uss san francisco memorial park to celebrate our troops. the historic naval ship was one of the most decorated ships of world war two. >> well, people all over the country are spending this memorial day weekend paying tribute to those who died while serving in the military. here in the bay area, people laid flowers and placed flags in cemeteries to honor fallen heroes and lost loved ones. ktvu bailey o'carroll has more from san bruno, golden gate national cemetery in san bruno is home to

thousands and thousands of headstones. >> they stretch as far as the eye can see, each one in honor of a fallen service woman or man . >> i lost family and you know we don't have the chance to get them back. and the rights that we have today are strictly because of, unfortunately, most of the men that gave their men and women that gave their lives in this cemetery. and i just think that people should be more respectful of that and try to come out here and support our government and, you know, get this place running again and in good shape. >> all across the country. and here in the bay area, people like melanie arnerich are taking time this holiday weekend to honor loved ones who paid the ultimate price for american freedom. arnerich has been coming to this cemetery since she was five years old, honoring all the family members who were buried here. my dad's parents are here. >> my dad's brother is here. my dad's great. two of his great uncles are here. my

grandmother's aunt and uncle are here, our neighbor that we lost in vietnam is here with his mom and dad. and then my aunts, my aunts, husbands, uncle who was in the chinese section of the us military, the most decorated section. he's here to. >> most recently, arnerich brought her 92 year old uncle here, a veteran himself, so that he could honor fellow servicemen and women. he passed away last year, but she told us he feared younger generations are forgetting the true meaning of this holiday. >> he said it many times to me, he said, it only takes two generations to lose what we had growing up. and he said, i already see it right before he passed a year ago. he said, i'm seeing that already, that decline. i wish that more kids would go talk to their veterans and go support them and see what they have to live through. every day, so that they could understand the rights that they have in this country and the freedoms that they get every day here. so two days before the actual holiday, arnerich did as she does on the first of every

month, plant flags and flowers at almost ten headstones. >> it's her way of saying thank you in san bruno. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> in honor of memorial day, scouts from all around the bay area came to san francisco's national cemetery in the presidio to place american flags on each grave site. families taking part say it was an important for their kids to pay tribute to service members who lost their lives in service to our country. >> this is my first time is actually quite moving, especially. i've lived here a really long time over 20 years and passed the cemetery forever. so it's really it's very i it's an iconic place in san francisco. so it's amazing to be in here and honoring everyone. >> scouts had a busy day too. they placed an estimated 30,000 flags onto those grave sites. >> all right. time now is 809. and let's take you outside for a live look at interstate 880 as it rolls past the coliseum and

through oakland. sun is actually shining out there. that's the warm up that rosemary has been talking about. traffic moving well, at this hour, as we usually see on sunday mornings. but it will be a busy weekend. this weekend with memorial day travel. keep in mind the chp has dramatically increased its patrols in the bay area on the highways this memorial day weekend. officers say they're going to target drivers who are speeding, distracted or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. we are in the chp statewide maximum enforcement period for this memorial day holiday. it started on friday night. it is going to continue until late tomorrow night and last memorial day weekend. keep in mind the chp made more than 100 dui arrests across the state . >> time now is 810. nevada police set up a dui checkpoint to catch impaired drivers over the holiday weekend. police place checkpoints at delong avenue and redwood boulevard. they say they chose that location based on past impaired driving crashes. officers gave

up 32 citations for driving without a license and arrested two people for driving while under the influence, and concord police were out as well. over the weekend, cracking down on impaired driving, and officers say they arrested one driver on suspicion of dui on friday, dui charges can carry it an average of $13,000 fine and penalties as well as a suspended license. >> we can never forget, we can never stop talking about george floyd. we can never unsee what we saw in 2020. the man who sparked a massive movement against police brutality is being remembered four years after his death. >> now, his family is renewing calls to reform policing nationwide. that story coming up and students learning the power of filmmaking, the program that puts them behind the lens and ahead of the reams co ng

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then is a time full of excitement, celebration and the anticipation of new beginnings. however, it can also be a time of some anxiety and doubt as students transition into this new phase of life. but one local after school film program called reel oakland, is easing that burden of uncertainty for at least one graduating high school senior because, she says, because of her involvement in reel oakland, she does now have a clear sense of direction for life after high school. so

joining us now to talk more about the impact of reel oakland. we have our graduating high school senior, jenny bejarano and a founder and executive director of the reel film program, antonia onyejekwe. yes. thank you for joining us both of you. let's talk about this program, too, because reel oakland is very cool. so give me an overview. and then we're going to talk about the film that that you made and directed. yes. let's talk about this. what what was the idea behind making young filmmakers. >> yeah. so reel was founded back in 2016, and it was a program that i wish i had it growing up in the bay area. me too. so thank you. and so i just when i was about high school, 16 years old, i always wanted to get into film, but i thought i had to be around oprah's age to in order to be successful. and so once i finished graduate school at sf state, i knew i wanted to give back to my community. in one of those ways was to create a film program that i wish i had, and that's where rope came about. and so what we do is that we provide free media education to high

school students across the bay area, where they're able to create their short films together as a crew. and so we pretty much function as a real production in hollywood. but in the bay area. so we're bringing hollywood to the bay, which is great. >> and giving a voice like, i think the understanding, right is that experience matters, but voices and diversity of voices and what you express really matters to you. >> exactly, exactly. and that's one of the things that i want our students to know, is that they have that voice and they can use that with filmmaking. and so jenny, for example, was able to step up as a director for her film. but just things like that, like putting our students in the forefront and having them have that creative control, has been really helpful with our program. >> jenny, i was told by our producer that you didn't necessarily go into this going, i want to be a filmmaker. you kind of stumbled into this space and then really embraced the space. tell me about the how you kind of got to this point, and then we'll talk about the film that i watched, the rough cut this morning was really excited to watch, i wasn't told i was going to be director. i had

originally gone into filmmaking by replacing one of my friends in the program. he just kind of tossed me in there and i fully embraced it. i was like, you know what? if i'm going to be in here, i'm just going to try it all. and i just went into any position i can get my hands on. and then later this year, they just told me, hey, you're going to be director. i didn't sign up for it. >> but what spoke to you, it was mainly the idea of getting more experience and the curiosity taking lead. i just wanted to get a feel of it, to know if i would really like it. and where i would want to go in the future. when it comes to filmmaking, because i know i want to do it. i just didn't know exactly what role, because there's a lot of roles in film, and you're graduating in three weeks going to san francisco state, we have like a whole san francisco state party here. >> tell me about your film, because certainly we're seeing some behind the scenes looks. and i watched it this morning. what was you know, when someone says, this is a this is a film directed by jenny that we know that it's kind of got your flavor and, and it was, dare i say, scary. and at the end i'm

like, oh, tell me about what what you wanted to put your mark on. >> i would say i'm definitely a little more like on the gothic side. so i did want to include that in my film. i am really into gore and stuff like that. and so i wanted to go into the scary aspects of film, and you want it to be darker? yeah, sure, and so i just went for it and even though we aren't allowed to show a lot for like a family film, i said, let's just try to balance it and still find a way, because that's what i'm really into. so i just made sure i found a way to include that in there. >> anyone who knows me, it takes a little bit of scary music and a jump scare will get me like every time i'm scared, i'm like, i watch like this. tell me kind of how this program will grow and how more filmmakers like jenny will kind of come into the program and what you want people to get from it. >> yeah. so we love to reach all students across the bay area high school students specifically because we want to make sure that they understand that this can grow into a career. and so, right now we're just open to different schools.

we are for our this upcoming year. we do have our slate full house over what? yes. however, today we do have our film festival which is sold out, but at the new parkway theater where we're showcasing our student films, but we're just really excited to just, you know, continue to push that mission to have students have free media education and to really, like, hone in on their passion and curiosity about film, because i think oftentimes it's like they have the curiosity of for it. but it's like, where do i get the tools to do it? >> is it a door to open? exactly. so congratulations to both of you guys on this. and you're sold out event today. we wanted to tell people about it. it is a screening this year of the films that were made in oakland. there's the information on your screen, but if you do not have a ticket, maybe we plan for next year. yes, but the new parkway theater from 1230 to 230, it has. how many films? you're about five films, five different films. tickets were $10 when they were available. and then people will be

networking with professional filmmakers across the bay area. and so this is a great thing. good luck to you. good luck in college. congratulations on graduation. coming up and excited to see all the great things that come from you both. >> thank you so much for having us. >> a good day for a screening, rosemary. although the weather is warming up a little bit, so a good day to kind of hang out and do all of the above. yes. >> and oakland is going to be a fabulous one to be out and about after that screening. this afternoon. good morning to all of you. happy sunday. waking up with a little bit more sunshine this morning. and as a result, temperatures started out cooler. we are joined by a mix of sun and clouds along the coastline and around the bay. this morning, getting into the afternoon and partly cloudy skies for the coast today, mostly sunny for the rest of us by sunset. you can see we do have clouds along the coastline. sun will set right about 822 this evening. tomorrow morning a near repeat with clouds along the coast inside the bay and then pulling back to the coastline for the afternoon. for memorial day. i'm going to say if you are thinking about

heading towards the beach, make sure you bring the layers because 60s, the forecast highs for our beachside communities, even areas over santa cruz only in the upper 60s. for today, 52 right now at half moon bay 53 san francisco low 60s in brentwood, where the sun is shining, we have temperatures in the low 50s outside your door. orinda, 53, in berkeley for the afternoon today. anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees warmer compared to yesterday, 61. in san francisco for the afternoon mid 70s in napa, where, you know, yesterday it was upper 60s. so a notable change. yes today livermore in the upper 60s today into the upper 70s. so kicking off a warming trend, if you're going to the coliseum to see the afternoon game here, the a's taking on the astros low 60s with a mix of sun and clouds and a light west southwest breeze. if you're going to bottlerock by noontime mid 60s in the forecast afternoon, high 74 and then 62 as we get closer to the evening

hours. with that afternoon breeze expected, pulls right through the river, cools things down. here's a look at the extended forecast. even a little bit warmer on memorial day. then temperatures dip slightly on tuesday. slight up on wednesday. more notable warm up on thursday . upper 80s for our inland cities. upper 70s around the bay. back to you all. >> looks good. thank you. rosemary. the search for a missing elderly man. police asking for help to find the man who disappeared near his care facility. more on that and of course, don't forget to cast your vote on this sunday morning for our question of the day. we're talking bottle rock wrapping up today in napa, and we want to know if you think music festivals are worth spending all that money on. your three options to choose from. worth every penny. not so much hot. they're know it's a little too pricey, and right now it's just not my thing. you can still head over to ktvu.com/vote and weigh in, and we'll share more numbers throughout the morning. stay with us

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on friday near his care facility in the area of walnut avenue and 14th street. police say he was wearing a blue jacket and dark pants and suffers from both physical and mental health ailments. if you see him, you are asked to call 911. >> time now is 824. this weekend, marking four years since the death of george floyd, his passing, of course, sparked national protests and birthed a reckoning on policing. people from around the world gathered in minneapolis, minnesota, to reflect. he was killed in 2020 by officer derek chauvin while in police custody. millions of people watched that nine minute video that captured the chilly moments before floyd was murdered. years later, the collective trauma it caused motivates many to keep his memory alive. family of george floyd marking this weekend's

anniversary by renewing their calls to reform policing nationwide with legislation named in his honor. >> well, ktvu special program, voices for change, returns this morning with a new episode. we're going to continue our celebration of aapi heritage month by highlighting organizations working to lift up the community that includes the apa heritage foundation, which is dedicated to fostering community collaboration and appreciation. also, a conversation with the executive director of the japanese community youth council, as they mark 45 years of helping thousands of students attend college. >> it's not just about young people in japan town. it's not just about young people in the aapi community. it's about all communities that we can have an impact on, that we can lift up and we can help them reach their their goals. >> and you can watch voices for change this morning at 930 right here on ktvu.

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need to know about our bay area roads as travelers return home from a long holiday weekend. and for those who stayed put this three day weekend, we're live from san francisco with a look at the carnival festivities. what you need to know if you're heading to san francisco today as well. >> coming up from ktvu, fox two news, this is mornings on two. >> good morning, bay area. if you're waking up, say, my goodness, it's cloudy out there. you're right. especially around the bay. as you can see, the golden gate. you can see it. but a lot of cloud cover out there as well. a bit of a chilly start, but we're going to have a nice finish tomorrow on the holiday. i almost can guarantee that. welcome back to mornings on two. good to have you on a sunday. >> i'm frank mallicoat and i'm claudine wong. let's talk about your weather because a change is coming. meteorologist rosemary oroczo watching the temperatures for us. and sun's already out, which is different from what we saw yesterday.

>> yeah. oh, man. a little bit of blue sky. sunshine goes a long way, right? with the clear skies out there. we started out cooler this morning, but by the afternoon, temperatures will be warmer. and we are beginning to see that turnaround already at this time. a mix of sun and clouds along the coastline just inside the bay, but a bit more blue sky, including over oakland this morning there. temperatures will be in the upper 60s to low 70s for our bayside communities, upper 70s inland. for today, we'll remain with the partly sunny, partly cloudy skies at the coastline and temperatures only in the 60s. so not necessarily a beach day unless you're going to bundle up. heading closer to the coast. the onshore breeze through fairfield right now fairly consistent. 12 13mph all morning long. so far, and our temperatures starting out just a tad cooler down by five degrees. san jose, san carlos, both areas are in the low to mid 50s. we have 51 in the city of san francisco, upper 50s to low 60s already for our inner east bay and for the afternoon. today, the more

notable jump will come inland. concord barely hit 70 yesterday, today going to 78. a better look at the current conditions. the afternoon highs and the warming trend that will continue into your memorial day coming up. >> all right. thank you rosemary. well carnival san francisco kicks off this morning with its annual parade and festival. yeah. >> starting to heat up right now. the event highlights the diversity within the city's latin, caribbean and african communities. it's all coming together this morning. and right in the middle of it all, fresh from a lowrider. our very own betty, you. good morning. >> good morning frank. that's right. i am a newly minted lowrider, if you will. right now , i'm in the center of all the action here on 24th, and bryant, you can hear the music. take a look. we have drummers getting ready for their performance. we have dancers with their headdresses on in the background. we have people also getting ready, to ride in a lowrider. as you saw. there are plenty of them here about 200 in

total. they are definitely a big popular part of this festival, and in the distance there we have several floats that will be riding down along the parade route, which kicks off at 930 this morning. now, carnival began, if you can believe it, 46 years ago with just 100 people. and this weekend organizers tell me that they're expecting about half a million people here on harrison. between 16th and 24th streets. they'll be enjoying festivities and music from local performers. there will be five main stages, 400 vendors are participating and also shout out to 400 hard working volunteers who have been working over the last year to make this happen. this year's theme is also honor indigenous roots. i spoke with the organizer this morning about why this festival is so uniquely san francisco. >> i think it's an important

time for all peoples, and a great space for them to see the world through the lenses of carnival or at least see the americas through our celebration. because that's what we bring you. bring you nuggets and pieces of our countries from around the world. in this two day festival and parade that otherwise you'd have to maybe travel. >> so right now, here at 24th and bryant, we are just minutes away from the blessing of the parade. you can see the drums being set up here just in front of me. and then we have several dancers that are getting ready to do the blessing. i'm told there will be about 30 to 40 of them, and this is ceremonial. the organizer tells me this is about a setting, a positivity and setting a good tone for the parade today. and it really brings the community together. and we'll show you more of that

later on the show. for now, live in san francisco, betty yu, ktvu, fox two news. oh betty, it looks fantastic out there. >> i know a lot of those groups have been practicing for a long time in and around that area. we can't stress it enough for people who are watching you and saying, i'd like to head down there. we've got the parade starting. there will be some time needed to kind of get to that area and get a good spot. >> definitely. and there will be security also at the festival gates that also starts at 11:00 this morning. so good advice to leave plenty of time before you head down here for the festivities. they will run all day long. claudine >> all right, betty and i hope you got the keys to that lowrider. we'll see you in a bit, i frank, i have the keys to a couple of them now. >> oh, there you go. nice you are working it there, girl. >> well done. >> check back later. >> all right. we certainly will. all right. as we get ready for memorial day, it's important to

remember the why behind the holiday. a new usaa survey shows less than half of americans really know the true meaning of memorial day. and while many may want to wish a veteran a happy memorial day or thank them for their service, the holiday is really about honoring and remembering service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice. >> what i would rather the american people do is fully understand that today isn't about celebrating the living, it is about honoring those who gave their life for this country. it can be flying your flag at half staff, visiting a national cemetery, or even your local war memorial. >> in the united states, memorial day has been marked as a time for remembrance for more than 150 years. let's get you outside now. california highway patrol still out in full force over the holiday weekend. we are looking at highway 880 in front of the coliseum. you got an a's game later today, but right now

traffic flowing nicely on this sunday morning. the statewide maximum enforcement, though, runs until midnight on tuesday. they will be targeting drivers that are speeding, distracted or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. last memorial day weekend, chp made more than 1100 dui arrests as well. >> unfortunately, there's still people out there that do decide to get behind a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs. we definitely encourage them to obviously be a sober driver for somebody, if you have been drinking, take advantage of those rideshare services, a taxi, public transportation, or even if you have to just walk, but absolutely, we're going to be definitely, probably seeing, dui drivers out there on the road and hopefully being able to take them off. >> california highway patrol says having more officers out on the road will allow them to respond to issues more quickly and more importantly, hopefully save lives. well if you're heading on the road today for

the memorial day weekend, be prepared for traffic transportation experts advising travelers to avoid driving in the afternoon hours today and tomorrow, because that is when trips back home are expected to peak and while it may not be as bad as the drive out to your destination, travel times in the bay area may still be more than 50% longer than normal. >> airports will be busy as well , triple a expecting this to be the most crowded memorial day weekend for fliers since 2005. >> 837 your time as millions of americans travel over the weekend, some are sounding the alarm about the air quality on airplanes. fox's connor hansen has that story. >> when an estimated 3.5 million passengers board a plane this holiday weekend, there's a safety concern they might not have thought about. but a bipartisan group of lawmakers says the air quality inside the cabin could damage your health. >> well, a lot of folks don't know. is that because of obsolete, flawed bleed air systems in almost all commercial aircraft, these passengers and

flight crews are being exposed to dangerous engine fumes and toxic chemicals. >> congressman maxwell frost says most airplanes take in the air. people breathe through their engines. that means it can be contaminated with oil and hydraulic fluid. members of congress were joined by flight attendants who work in the conditions every day. some say they've had lasting health issues. >> this is wrong and change needs to happen. i'm tired of being poisoned. i just want to go to work and make my money and have my career. i should never, ever have to be worried about being poisoned in my workplace. >> period. people have reported chronic health issues dizziness, vomiting, difficulty breathing, irregular heart rates, and memory loss. the safe air on airplanes act aims to force manufacturers to start changing the air systems on new and existing planes. many pilots and flight attendants have left the

industry due to these adverse health effects. at a time when pilot shortages remain a concern both domestically and globally, sponsors of the bill said. fume events are reported to the faa five times a day in new york. connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news as well many democratic lawmakers in sacramento have now joined environmental groups in california to make an urgent plea to governor newsom. >> they are calling on the governor to support a bond measure, to help the state pay and continue to pay billions of dollars in climate change programs. they say those programs are now in jeopardy because of california's planned budget cuts that are in response to a record deficit. the governor has already said those cuts will likely affect the funding of some of those programs. >> up next, an east bay high school getting a much needed upgrade to their football field to help schools football team, a brand new playing field. we'll tell you all about it. >> but first, a deadly tornado hits parts of the midwest and the south overnight. we'll talk

about the ongoing threat the storm is creating for millions of americans. that's next. >> and across the bay area, i am tracking a warm up, a better look at the current conditions and what you can expect for the afternoon, as well as the ho y coming

move forward. the organizers of that campaign needed at least 42,000 signatures by last week's deadline. but the secretary of state's office says there was a flaw in the petitions that led to thousands of invalid signatures. the recall was in response to the democrats bill to strengthen protections against caste discrimination in employment and housing. that is a form of discrimination when

social hierarchy is determined by a person's birth. president joe biden is working with congress to designate kenya as a major non-nato ally. >> last week, kenya's top leader visited the white house for the first time in 20 years. the visit is part of an effort to counter russia and china's influence in africa. kenya is also a leader in tech and renewable energy, a major non-nato partnership would entail economic, military and trade benefits between both sides. >> i'm proud to announce we're working with congress to designate kenya a major non-nato ally. >> i am confident that our engagements have laid a solid foundation for us to continue the work. >> if kenya receives the designation, it would be the first country in sub-saharan africa to hold that title. >> speaking of africa, the us is forming a new partnership with africa to help provide the continent with better internet access. >> vice president kamala harris announcing the new project on

friday while speaking at the us chamber of commerce. and alongside her was the president of kenya. harris says the goal is to boost internet access to 80% of africa by 2030. that would be up from roughly 40% now. harris also announced another initiative geared towards giving 100 million african people and businesses working in agriculture access to the digital economy and deadly storms are slamming parts of the midwest and the south this weekend. >> overnight, a tornado striking in texas. it killed at least five people, leaving several others with injuries. search and rescue crews are out this morning searching for people who have been reported missing. more than 110 million americans are under threat of hail and twisters and strong winds today, as that storm continues to move east over the holiday and the nation's top weather forecasting agency is predicting the worst hurricane season this upcoming year. >> this week, noaa issued the record breaking prediction for hurricanes and major storms. the

agency is expecting 17 to 25 storms, with winds of 39mph or more. more than a dozen hurricanes are expected this year, with at least 74mph winds. seven of them could be category three or more. now, the reason for this above normal prediction is the near record warmth we are seeing in the atlantic ocean. >> okay, i was out at the zip trip in concord on friday, kind of complaining because it was cold. i take it back now. my goodness, we can't complain. >> really. oh yeah. i mean, what they're dealing with in the midwest. and then we know hurricane season is now upon us. so yes, we will take a little bit of may gray june gloom and mild afternoon highs. temperatures are going to come up today. we have a warming trend that will begin. and tomorrow even a little bit warmer. very seasonal after falling below average yesterday. here's a look over san francisco. we are joined by partly cloudy, partly sunny skies along the coast to inside the bay, a notable warm up

especially for inland cities by five even ten degrees compared to yesterday along the coast, though going to remain fairly cool. partly sunny to partly cloudy here if you are going to the coast for today or maybe your holiday. low 60s in areas like pacifica, upper 60s for santa cruz. so most of the coast again not going to be very warm. going to be cool to mild. our inland cities mild to warm. and i'll show you those numbers here. coming up we will have a very subtle change going into monday. a little cooler on tuesday. on thursday though right now it looks like we'll see another jump in our temperatures. and i'll show you here why tuesday afternoon. notice this trough here moving through the pacific northwest, kind of deepening into california that will bring our temperatures down slightly. and then wednesday, subtle changes, but a bigger change coming on thursday when the ridge begins to strengthen over the west once again. so we're in that time of year right where we kind of just get the up and down of the flow and the pattern. 53 degrees right now in san francisco, 54

in napa, 60 degrees in brentwood and mid 50s san jose. if we go to the north bay, some areas started out in the 40s, but most of us have pulled out of the upper 40s, except for you. sebastopol, still at 49, and bolinas fire station reporting 48. livermore upper 60s for you yesterday, today, upper 70s by noontime. you're looking at 69 degrees. and then 77, 78 or so expected for the second part of your day. meanwhile along the peninsula, 71, in redwood city, low 60s in the city of san francisco. if you're going out for the carnival festivities there, 75 in napa, if you're going to bottlerock for the afternoon, it will be nicer compared to yesterday. it was really, really cool. although do expect the afternoon breeze very typical for this time of year. it goes right through san pablo bay and through the river, and that's where bottlerock is, right there along the river from memorial day tomorrow, temperatures are starting out in the low to mid 50s with a little bit of fog and clouds, and then

as we get into the afternoon 60s at the coast, about 80 degrees inland. so a tad warmer for tomorrow and then into tuesday, a little dip in the temps followed by a little bump on wednesday. thursday. the more notable jump coming for inland cities. upper 80s our bayside communities, upper 70s low 60s at the coast. back to you. >> starting to feel like summer? okay, we'll take a rosemary. thank you. how about that? both bay area baseball teams came up winners on saturday, and the giants are smoking hot in their last ten games. i light them both up when we come back a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost. it's ultimate speed for ultimate business. don't miss out on our fastest speed plans yet! switch to comcast business and get started for $49.99 a month.

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one of its young stars, two time pga tour winner grayson murray died yesterday, just a day after withdrawing from a major tournament on the pga tour in texas. he was only 30 years old. pga commissioner has now released a statement confirming his death, but the commissioner did not provide any information as to how he died. >> a high school in the east bay has a brand new look. ktvu jesse gary has that story from antioch. >> i don't know if you've seen it, but it was like potholes, a lot of wet spots. yeah, it was bad. >> deer valley was the last team in the bay valley athletic league to have its stadium renovated. other than the field, they'll get a new scoreboard,

sound system, and better wi-fi. this project began last november and cost more than $1 million due to damage from drainage in the field, so it affected the wolverines senior class. last year. >> we weren't allowed to play any home games here last year, so our seniors didn't get a senior night on this home field. they didn't get a homecoming. >> matt mills has been at the helm for deer valley's football program for the past two seasons. >> joy, enthusiasm, excitement. >> coach mills was zero and ten in his first season, and four and six in his second. he was a member of the class of 2009 and is trying to get this program back to a winning culture. from 2006 to 2014, deer valley won 82% of its games in the bay valley athletic league and produced four division one athletes who made it to the nfl 13 year veteran running back taiwan jones, cornerback sterling moore, who played in the league for seven seasons, current chicago bears wide receiver nsimba webster and former packers offensive lineman george moore.

>> it gives us an opportunity to be on a on an even playing field with everybody else around us, you know, not having the same facilities to train and to work and to prepare with it can hamper kind of the product we put on the field. so just being able to have like names and numbers and, and simple hash marks, things that you don't think about that really affect your ability to be effective on a football field. >> a growing concern for coaches in the game of football surrounds the safety of turf football fields related to player injuries. if you've been watching the games, you've seen players suffer torn acl and torn achilles. so i asked coach mills, is it really beneficial going from grass to turf maintenance and the attention it takes to maintain natural grass at a high quality level is just not something sustainable for a high school. >> you know, i think when you put in turf, a brand new turf like this, good quality turf, now you're expecting not to replace it for ten years, even though maybe it might be easier on your knees and your joints and your ligaments and your foot doesn't get caught in the turf.

and some of those other things that coaches like about natural grass, just for us at the high school level, it's not feasible to maintain one of the seniors and leaders on the wolverines will be mister athlete jalen bryant. >> he's eager to be part of the first team to play on this field. >> i can't wait. i'm so excited. like i just want to i just can't wait. i ain't gonna lie. like, i'm so excited to just like. and i feel i feel kind of honored even though i had nothing to do with it making this happen in oakland. >> i'm jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news on a baseball now. >> don't look now. but one of the hottest teams in mlb are the giants. g men have won eight of their last nine games and will go for the sweep in the big apple today against the new york mets. another comebacker yesterday. giants down two one in the ninth when lamonte wade jr rips the game tying single to lock it up two two. he tried to stretch it into a double. he's out of there, but no big deal. we go to extras top ten loaded up for mike yastrzemski and yaz rails a long shot off the wall

and they're all coming home. a three run triple for yaz as the giants score five in the 10th to win their fourth straight seven two. the final good news on the a's front two, the astros at the coliseum and two on for brant rooker in the first rifles a liner extra bases that'll score. two a's up, two zip and they would never trail their closer. this guy mason miller having a big year, mowed down the side in the ninth, fanning all three batters as oakland wins for only the third time in their last 13 games. they will host the astros again today at the coliseum. first pitch 107. >> well, today, thousands of bay area music fans will head to the napa valley for the final day of the bottlerock festival organizers say more than 120,000 people purchased tickets for the three day festival during the memorial day weekend. >> ed sheeran will take the stage as the final headliner. an act bottlerock tonight, he follows earlier performances by

musical groups pearl jam, stevie nicks and megan thee stallion. >> all right, let's get back to our question of the day. now we want to know what you think of music festivals. are they worth the money? we got 11% weighing in on that. are they too pricey? 34% say that's what they think. and not my thing. that's the winner this morning of folks who are weighing in. we'd love to hear from you. head to ktvu.com/vote and tell us what you think. >> coming up, ferry workers. they are on strike coming up here on mornings on two on this sunday morning. what alcatraz city cruise workers are demanding for and what officials say this strike means for visitors

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the city's carnival grand parade will take you to the action coming up. >> plus, it is the final weekend of aapi month. in just a few minutes. we're speaking with an event organizer who's bringing the best of the aapi community has to offer to one east bay city who says they've never seen an event like this before. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> good morning to you. let's take you out to sfo at this hour . blue skies. we love to see that. we know it will be a busy travel weekend in the skies, on the roads, as this three day holiday weekend continues. there's a plane landing right

now, so certainly we hope when it's all crowded like that that everyone has smooth travels and safe travels. welcome back to mornings on two. i'm claudine wong. yeah happy weekend. >> happy holiday weekend i'm frank mallicoat. let's get you outside. talk a little weather a lot of folks getting gathering with family, remembering those that have gone before us. and maybe a barbecue or two. >> yes, a good one to get out and relax. so we will have warmer weather. joining us for the back end of the weekend. good morning to you. we are with partly cloudy skies along our bay side communities. a little bit more sunshine out there this morning. a live look into san francisco, a little bit of cloud cover along the coastline where we are going to remain on the cool side. but most of us are going to see a bit of a warm up, especially inland, by five, even ten degrees or so. afternoon highs will be in the upper 70s for our warmer spots. meanwhile, along the coast with a mix of sun and clouds, low 60s in areas like pacifica, upper 60s in santa cruz. so still a very cool to mild one expected there. the

onshore breeze through fairfield has been generally light, but fairly consistent at about 14mph this morning, and temperatures started out a little bit cool with a little bit of clear sky out there. but now temperatures are beginning to rebound and we're even up by a few degrees compared to yesterday at hayward, sfo, 52 degrees in san francisco in the north bay, 54 in napa. good morning brentwood, you're at 61. a view of your the back end of your weekend and into memorial day. temperatures are again expected to warm by several degrees today into the afternoon and a tad warmer for the holiday. a better look at the current conditions and what we can expect coming up in just a little bit. >> all right. thank you rosemary. well, topping our news at nine carnival san francisco kicks off this morning with its annual parade and festival. >> yeah. the event highlights the diversity within the city's latin, caribbean and african communities. it all comes together this morning with the big parade. and in the middle of all that, fresh from a lowrider and dancers, among other things, is our betty you. good morning.

>> that's right. frank, i haven't learned how to dance. just yet. but as you said, we've shown you some performers, drummers, lowriders, and now we take you to one of the parade's most colorful floats. they are giving us a preview of what we will see later on today. alberto here says that this group represents the mayan culture from the yucatan peninsula. and tell me what we're looking at right now. >> we're looking at people dancing the traditional tune, the traditional dance and music of the yucatan peninsula. it's a very much alive tradition in our towns in yucatan. and so this is the harana yucateca we have today, the orquesta corona del mar, coming from mexico. they stay for the weekend. we have a party later, after in this evening at acapulco, and then we're going to be parading with all this wonderful people. >> it's a party in the streets all day long. thank you so much for giving us this quick preview right here. interesting to note, these dancers are from up and down the west coast, i'm told seattle, los angeles, san

francisco, and of course the orchestra is from mexico. so we have a lot of diversity represented here in the streets during the carnival parade, which all kicks off at 930 this morning. this parade covers 17 blocks on harrison street between 16th and 24th. there are five main stages where you can find several local performers, 400 vendors throughout the day. the theme this year is honor indigenous roots. i spoke with the organizer about why san francisco, he says, is the only city in the country that can pull off this massive annual event. >> what you're going to be able to watch and see 69 different comparsas, which is units that and that's the name that we call them in carnival language, representing the traditions from as far as brazil to mexico, cuba, puerto rico, panama, colombia, all the latin american

countries, all the caribbean countries and in africa. and basically what you'll see is the indigenous traditions of music and dance from each and every one of those countries. >> back out here live, you're taking a look at dancers showcasing a bit of the mayan culture. and we're told these dancers come from several major cities all along the west coast. and that includes right here, of course, in san francisco again, the carnival parade and festival all kicks off at 930. the festival actually starts at 11:00 this morning. it's free for the whole family. and we are right here at 24th and bryant street, where things kick off in less than an hour. for now, live in san francisco betty yu, ktvu, fox two news. >> hey betty, how about the food? i imagine there's some great food by the parade as well, right?

>> oh, there will be. and this is actually a great opportunity to support all the small businesses here in the mission district. the food will be set up, on harrison street between 16th and 24th, 400 vendors will be participating. frank so please come here hungry, because i think there'll be a lot of opportunity to try new eats. yeah. we'll see you in about eight hours, i guess. >> that sounds amazing. thanks for that. >> look, betty, it's been super fun to watch all morning long. we appreciate it. i know it's just going to get even busier and more fun. thanks, betty. that's right. all right, take public transportation if you are headed to carnival in san francisco, let's take side live now to see highway four as it rolls on through the east bay, through pittsburg, you can see blue skies there. and if you take a look at the traffic on the highways, not bad now, but we do know it's going to get busier. this afternoon really is supposed to be one of the very busy times as people return home. so keep that in mind. also, keep in mind that the chp

will be out there in force. the chp telling us that they have dramatically increased patrols of bay area highways this memorial weekend. and the officers are going to be looking for anyone who is speeding, who's distracted, who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. this is all part of the chp statewide maximum enforcement period for the memorial day holiday. it all started on friday night. it's going to continue until late tomorrow night. last memorial day weekend, the chp made more than 100 dui arrests across the state. >> novato police setting up a dui checkpoint to catch impaired drivers over the holiday weekend. police place this checkpoint at delong avenue at redwood boulevard. they say they chose the location based on past impaired driving crashes. there, officers gave out 32 citations for driving without a license and arrested two people for driving while under the influence. >> concord police were out as well this weekend, cracking down on impaired drivers. officers say they did arrest one driver on suspicion of dui on friday.

keep in mind those dui charges can carry an average of $13,000 in fines and penalties, and you can have a suspended license. >> ferry workers with alcatraz city cruises are on strike. they are demanding better pay, benefits and schedules. the workers union and the ferry company have been working on a new contract for about a year and a half now. the union decided to go on strike yesterday to show its disappointment with the latest counteroffer. two sides have previously reached a tentative agreement, but the union spokesperson says more strikes could be ahead. the ferry line says the strikes will have no impact, though, on operations. >> prosecutors in the bay area's nine counties will share $3.7 million in state grants as part of the california's statewide crackdown on wage theft. the state department of industrial relations says the money will help fund local law enforcement programs targeting companies that routinely cheat when paying their employees. the grant money will also help fund investigations into allegations of illegal and unfair business

practices. >> time now 908 new this morning out of san joaquin county, a former skydiving instructor who lost his training certification has been found guilty after student he trained fell to their death. a federal jury convicted robert allen pulley for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. prosecutors say pulley lost his training certification back in 2015, but he did continue to train other instructors, and a year later, one of those instructors and a student died in a skydiving accident. pulley is now scheduled to be sentenced in late august. >> well, just a short time ago, rapper nicki minaj issued a public apology to the fans who had tickets to her show in manchester, england, last night. the rapper had to postpone that concert after she was stopped by dutch authorities on charges that she was carrying marijuana in her luggage. she was released from custody in the netherlands after paying a fine, but the music star was still late in arriving to the united kingdom for her scheduled show.

>> up next, pleasant hill has never had an aa in hp heritage month celebration until this year. up next what motivated an organizer of the event to bring together businesses and artists from the bay's aa, nh, pi community to this quiet east bay city? it's all coming up next. >> and we're starting out with some sunshine this morning and warmer temperatures expected for the afternoon. a better look at what you can expect for your neighborhood for the rest of the weekenan the

we're talking about a first of a kind. it's kind of event that is going to celebrate and bring the best of the aa and nhpi community to pleasant hill. almost 18% of the population in pleasant hill is asian american, but the city has never had an event like this before. so the organizer of that event, bill lau, joins us now in studio. thanks so much for coming in. >> thank you so much for having me, claudine. >> so this is amazing. you were just telling me three weeks ago you kind of had a thought. you said, why don't we have something like a festival like this in the city of pleasant hill? yeah, i think it's really important. >> three weeks ago, i came up with the idea of saying i'm going to have an asian american, native hawaiian pacific islander heritage event because we didn't have something like this out there. 17.5% of our population is asian, and so there is definitely a need to raise

awareness about the asian american history. i know growing up, i didn't actually learn about asian american history and i thought it was just really important to bring that to the community. and it is interesting that even though the population is big enough that you would say, oh, it's out there and people know it really isn't. >> what was it like over the last three weeks? i was just saying, have you slept at all putting this together and what kind of response have you gotten? well, the last three weeks have felt like i've been on a shinkansen, like a bullet train in japan. >> so i just actually reached out to many, many organizations, including the cancer support society as well as mobility. so the idea was just to really bring resources to the community. then i started to reach out to local businesses. senor sisig, which is a filipino mexican fusion burrito. i don't know if you've ever had oh my gosh, i have had many. >> i have had so good. >> right? they're so good. they're actually they've come to the studio actually, and made food for us and amazing.

>> yeah. >> and they've, they've actually offered to donate to the event as well as part of this momentous, important time of asian american history. so again, going back to me, growing up, i didn't learn a lot about asian american history until i went to college. and i thought that, you know, at this point, some of that history has been lost or it's not in our curriculum. and i think it's really important to raise awareness for our community, especially the 17.5. >> so what did you what have you built for today in terms of what people can experience? >> so at the event, there's going to be an educational slideshow that i'll be showing from the aapi youth rising, which they've put together. it's called a day in the history of asian american studies. that's amazing. as well as two performances, one from the concord academy and tuition from montana tahitian dance. and then we will also have prizes given out to those who can answer the educational questions. >> and that's good. i mean, the idea is, as you're saying, to say, what can we talk about more, increase the discussion? i

mean, there are a lot of ways that we celebrate, and we've seen all over the bay area to celebrate and bring people in food, as you mentioned, is one way to do it. but where do you think we're missing? and what kind of response in terms of when you've talked to these people about getting these educational slides out there, do people seem to feel the same way you do you know, this is not something we talked about until college, till things that we did later on. >> yeah, that's actually a really great question because i actually talked to my kids about this. right. i asked them, do they learn about anything about asian american history? and so my son said, well, not really. i haven't really heard anything about asian american history, but there is a new bill that came out ab 101, right, which gavin newsom signed and by 2029, students will have to at least take one semester of ethnic studies in order for them to graduate. so i think it's really important that we do talk about this. there's still a lot of work that needs to be done until we get to that time. i mean, i think about how much the fabric of asian americans has actually put together and contribute to asian to american history. yes.

and it's not a part of the history books. >> i know my niece, actually, when she was in high school. she's at ucla now, went through and she and her friends actually counted the number of pages in, in their entire history book. and it was, i think, three. wow. or four. yeah. i mean, it was a small number of pages. and so it was very striking to her in terms of, of saying, where does this history exist? so first of many, i mean, are you already thinking next year for another event or are we going to get through today? >> i'm hoping i'm hoping that the city will actually adopt this as an ongoing annual event. so i actually went to the diversity commission last week and proposed one of the items to have a night market. because we such a good idea, isn't it such a good, such a good idea? we have so many vacant parking lots out there that i think it would be great, because there are many schools that are there to bring a night market where not only bring cultural awareness, also bring the resources, the community, food, yes, food, entertainment. yeah. you had me at food. >> and we know as you grow up in

san francisco, and i did for part of my childhood as well. night markets are doing well in san francisco as well. all right. best of luck to the event. well, thanks so much for coming in. let's put the details up there on your screen. so, you know, this event will be friday, may 31st from 6 to 8 p.m. at winslow center on pleasant hill road. it is free and as you can see there, they'll be ice cream, ice cream, food. you had me at food and a very important discussion, so best of luck to you. >> thank you again for having me. >> thanks for coming in here. >> we appreciate you coming in, rosemary. some good weather to deliver up for the entire week. then we're asking for today and then just kind of travel it through the rest of may. >> i think mother nature is going to come in with some great weather. claudine, thank you very much. good morning everybody. partly cloudy skies along the coastline. mostly sunny for the rest of us today. and a notable warm up, especially inland san francisco. enjoying the 60s for the afternoon. here's a view of storm tracker two. from up above you can see we've got some cloud cover along the coastline, but

many of us waking up with more sunshine compared to yesterday and the day before. and as i pull back just a little bit, we will have a trough that drops in on tuesday that will bring our temperatures down slightly, but then the ridge rebuilds and thursday looks to be even warmer than what we are expecting for today and tomorrow. here is a view of the cloud cover and then into the afternoon. we'll call for mostly sunny skies. partly cloudy at the coast by sunset, which is about 822 these days. the clouds are returning and then tomorrow morning a near repeat. morning clouds. afternoon sun away from the coastline 55 degrees. right now in san francisco, 56, in walnut creek, upper 50s for you, san jose into the north bay. we go where we have 56 in rohnert park as well as windsor going to the a's game later today. going to be pretty at the coliseum, a mix of sun and clouds, low 60s at game time with a west southwest breeze at about ten miles per hour. if you're going to bottle rock, going to be warmer here for today in napa, 65 by lunchtime, 74 in the afternoon,

and then cooling off closer to sunset into the low 60s across the region for the afternoon. today, upper 70s in livermore. that's a 10 degrees warm up for you there, 78 for santa rosa. the extended forecast even a tad warmer for your holiday and then a tad cooler on tuesday. a little warmer on wednesday, a bigger jump in the temperatures on thursday when our inland cities soar into the upper 80s back tyou. >> okay. thank you. rosemary. well, gordon ramsay's food stars returns for season two this $200. visit ktvu.com/contestay to enter for your chance to win. and don't forget to watch the seon pmiere of food star's wednesday night at nine on fox two. v

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was conquered on friday. >> yes, that was fun. the city had so much to offer. ktvu sal castaneda has the story of one local brewery who is part of the contra costa county beer trail. >> every beer poured here at side gate brewery and beer garden in concord is made on the premises and then turn off. founders kevin wilson and paul culbertson say they're living the dream of operating a brewery. after starting as home brewers. >> we're used to brewing for friends and family. this is just

a lot more friends and family than what we were doing before. so it's about to give you scale. we were doing about ten gallon batches before. we're doing about 310 gallon batches now. >> i'd say this beer is worth walking a short distance away from todos santos plaza to get a nice, cool, refreshing pour on a hot concord day. you can choose from clever names for some outstanding fresh beer. i especially like the manticore beigne, a west coast pilsner. wow. >> that's good. we take the brewing very seriously and we love that we have a great selection. a little something for everyone, from seltzers to lagers to ipas and everything in between. >> if you want to take home some upside down hazy ipa or a sucker for succulence double ipa, you can get tall cans to go. and the beer garden atmosphere here is family and pet friendly. this beer is putting a smile on the face of beer lovers in concord, sal castaneda. ktvu fox two news. >> thank you sal. and a couple

of weeks we are zipping down south bay to saratoga to will be live from the south bay city starting at 9:00. friday, june the 7th. before we go, let's take a look at today's question of the day. >> yep. we asked. we said, do you think music festivals are worth the money? we asked because bottlerock is wrapping up today. 9% saying worth every penny, 36% saying no, that's too pricey. but most people just say, you know what? look, it's not my thing. we love you to weigh in. you can do that on our website ktvu.com/vote i bet i know what rosemary is going to say are worth every penny. >> yeah, it's kind of what i thought. >> i think the one we don't have there and in the newsroom we're like, if you gave me a free ticket, i would be there one night only i don't think i could do all three. >> or perhaps i can't vote because i'm already there. maybe those are exactly. >> no, that's true. i, i'm like, i would love the ticket. but also the hotels, as you

mentioned. like if someone could just give me the whole experience. >> sure. it is very pricey, but it's fun. but it's fun, it's fun. you have to treat it like a vacation. almost. right. you got to just go. >> there are 120,000 people who decided it was worth the ticket price. absolutely, absolutely. >> and the weather will be better today. yeah, yesterday was a bit cool for most. mid 70s expected for napa today, upper 70s for our inner east bay tomorrow even a little bit warmer. hopefully you get the day off to enjoy that beautiful weather. our temperatures will will you know they don't change much moving into tuesday wednesday 60s at the coast to upper 70s low 80s inland. thursday a little bit of a warm up there. >> wow 87. sounded hot. >> time of year heading into june getting the kids saying we need out of school. yeah we need out of school. yeah >> all right. well mornings on two we're off a little bit earlier this morning because voices for change returns with a new episode. just a couple of minutes. >> we are going to continue our celebration of aapi heritage month by highlighting organizations working to lift up the community. and that includes

the apa heritage foundation, which is dedicated to fostering community collaboration and appreciation. also, a conversation with the executive director of the japanese community youth council as they mark 45 years of helping thousands of students attend college. voices for change is next right here on ktvu. and also, we should remind people that you can also watch that on fox local, which is easy to download on your smart tv. >> absolutely. i want to thank you for joining us on this holiday weekend. while the very latest news tonight on ktvu news at six and on the 10:00 news, and if you're heading to the city, carnival is going strong. have a great day, everybody.

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